Celtic Noise

Earlier in the week, I wrote about those who are trying to get tragedy chanting criminalised through the Scottish Parliament. As I said then, I have no problem with the idea in principle. Mocking disaster victims is vile. It is a form of hate speech, and I have no issue with people being punished for it.

But I do have a problem with the narrowness of the approach.
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I wrote not so long ago that Celtic can no longer afford to shop lazily in the Scottish market, and I stand by every word of that. The domestic market has become a dangerous place for a club like ours because the moment Celtic show interest in a player, the price starts inflating like a balloon at a children’s party.

We have seen it. A player does well at another Scotti...

There it is. Camilo Duran is a Celtic player. The contract is signed, the deal is done, and the first real transfer rumour of the summer has finally become reality. Celtic have got their striker. Fresh blood has arrived in Paradise.

I have to admit, there is something wonderfully satisfying about seeing that first signing over the line. Transfer windows always begin wit...

Last night, one of the Celtic sites put up a list of the teams we could conceivably face in the Champions League qualifier, and as everyone knows, we should only have to face one round in the Champions Path.

Looking at the teams currently being mentioned, I have to tell you that under normal circumstances Celtic would have nothing to fear.

The teams we are most...

It was interesting yesterday, wasn’t it, hearing Craig Halkett at Hearts talking again about the end of last season? He was not screaming conspiracy. He was not indulging in the anger that some were happy to wallow in. But they are still taking our title win badly.

When you look at it, much of the anger left the building with Derek McInnes and Lawrence Shankland, and I’...